HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/6/1999 - STAFF REPORTS (5) DATE: October 6, 1999
TO: City Council
FROM: Recreation Manager via Director, Department of Facilities
ARENAS ROAD HALLOWEEN COSTUME PARTY
RECOMMENDATION:
That City Council sponsor the Arenas Road Halloween Costume Party and adopt a
Resolution suspending certain regulatory ordinances during the 1999 event.
BACKGROUND:
The Arenas Road Halloween Costume Patty,which will talm place this year on Sunday,
October 31,is designed to bring the businesses on Arenas Road together and give tourists
and locals a safe place to celebrate Halloween.
The producers will plan, organize and stage the event and are requesting no funds from
the City.
The activity scheduled during the event is a Halloween costume party,with the winners of
the costume contest being announced at the and of the evening.
On October 5, 1988,City Council adopted Ordinance#1310,which authorizes temporary
suspension of regulatory ordinances to facilitate City-sponsored events. If this event
becomes a City-sponsored event, a Resolution is attached for City Council consideration
that temporarily suspends the Noise Ordinance, Sign Ordinance and Zoning Ordinance
on October 31.
APPROVED:
VICKI OLTEAN, Recreation Manager OTT PITRESUL, Director
Recreation Division partment of Facilities
APPROVED:
Manager
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Minute Order
2. Resolution
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MINUTE ORDER NO. ta-/,rGTr
APPROVING CITY SPONSORSHIP OF THE ARENAS ROAD
HALLOWEEN COSTUME PARTY TO BE HELD ON SUNDAY,
OCTOBER 31, 1999.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that this Minute Order, approving City sponsorship of the Arenas Road
Halloween Costume Party to be held on Sunday, October 31, 1999, was adopted by the City
Council of the City of Palm Springs, California, In a meeting thereof held on the 601 day of October,
1999.
BY: PATRICIA A. SANDERS
City Clerk
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RESOLUTION NO. 19663
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS,
CALIFORNIA, TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING CERTAIN
REGULATORYORDINANCESTO FACILITATE THE 1999ARENAS
ROAD HALLOWEEN COSTUME PARTY.
WHEREAS the City of Palm Springs designated the Arenas Road Halloween Costume Party as a
City-sponsored event; and
WHEREAS the City Council desires to facilitate the staging of the City-sponsored event to maximize
revenue production; and
WHEREAS the City Council finds that certain regulatory ordinances,which are generally deemed
desirable and necessary, may, nonetheless, impede the conduct of special events; and
WHEREAS the City Council finds that holding special events, the public interest and the benefits
derived therefrom outweigh the temporary public inconvenience; and
WHEREAS the City Council has enacted Ordinance#1310 authorizing temporary suspension of
regulatory ordinances.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Palm Springs, California,
as follows:
Section 1. A. That the 1999 Arenas Road Halloween Costume Party is a special event
beneficial to the community and its visitor-oriented economy.
B. That the date of the 1999 Arenas Road Halloween Costume Party Is October 31.
C. That Desert Business Association is the event promoter, along with its
construction personnel and staff.
D. That the venue is Arenas Road between Calle Encilia and Indian Canyon Drive.
Section 2. That the following ordinances are hereby temporarily suspended for the special
event designated in Section 1 above:Sign Ordinance,Zoning Ordinance and Noise
Ordinance.
Section 3. That the regulatory ordinances designated in Section 2 above shall remain In full
force and effect except as to the event, date and persons or organizations as
designated in Section 1 above.
ADOPTED this 61h day of October, 1999.
AYES: Members Barnes, Hodges, Oden, Reller-Spurgin and Mayor Kleindienst
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST: CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
BY
City Clerk �p Cit�ity Manager
REVIEWED &APPROVED AS TO FORM 2_
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